Depends, does the us stop trading with everybody before or after theyve exported sopa to everybody? If they can convince enough countries to enforce American IP law, they can just sell IP to foreigners instead of real stuff.
It seems to me that America is setting itself up to be the country equivalent of a patent troll.
I don't know where I read it but that seems to be exactly the goal. So much of American labour has been offshored now. A vast majority of it is outsourced and the US provides less and less manufacturing each year.
The result is quickly becoming that US's chief export is entertainment or IP product. But when the rest of the world is simply stealing that export it isn't very financially lucrative is it?
All these laws are simply the US trying to protect its export that is obviously in a failing state.
It seems to me that America is setting itself up to be the country equivalent of a patent troll.